Heard County GaArchives Obituaries.....Bell, Infant Of D. E. September 1910
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"The Newnan Herald and Advertiser"
Newnan, Coweta Co., Georgia

NEWSPAPER Issue of Friday, September 16, 1910
 
SHOCKING TRAGEDY IN HEARD COUNTY

Franklin News and Banner, the 9th inst.

The home of D.E. Bell, four miles northwest of the city, was the scene of a 
frightful tragedy which stirred not only the community but the whole county.

Mr. Bell had returned from church at Olive Branch, where recent converts had 
been baptized and quite a crowd of neighbors, including a number of women 
and children, had gathered at his home.

The facts attending the tragedy seem to be that Hope Bell, a younger brother 
of D.E. Bell, and Miss Cora Daniel, a young niece of John Daniel, had stolen 
away from their families and fled to Carroll county to be married. The 
Daniels had strenuously objected to this match and on previous occasions, 
bad feelings had existed between John Daniel, Humphrey Daniel and Hope Bell.

Up to Sunday, D.E. Bell had not apparently in any way been connected with 
the affair, and John Daniel and he had been on the best of terms. When it 
was found that the young couple had eloped, the information was carried 
quickly to the girl's uncle. He went immediately upon the warpath and 
started in pursuit of the fleeing couple, declaring his purpose to kill them 
on the spot. Passing Bell's home, some words were passed between the two 
men, when Daniel shot at Bell with a pistol. Bell secured a shot gun and in 
the exchange of shots which followed, Daniel was wounded in the shoulder and 
hostilities were temporarily ended. It seems, though, that Mr. Daniel then 
determined that Bell must be killed at any cost, and hurried Lu Miller to a 
nearby house for a Winchester rifle. He barricaded himself behind a stump 
near Bell's house and fired a number of bullets into the dwelling, 
penetrating the walls in many places and barely missing several of the 
assembled guests. One of the shots pierced the head of Mr. Bell's infant as 
it sat up in it's cradle and from which it died almost instantly. The ball 
that killed the child passed through two walls, the head and foot boards of 
a wooden bedstead and then entirely through the child's head.

Emptying his rifle, Daniel fled and is still in hiding, but it is understood 
that he will come up voluntarily if permitted and make bond.

The little one was buried at Olive Branch on Monday and a large concourse of 
the family's friends attended the funeral.

Mr. Daniel has an interesting family, is well connected and has always stood 
well as a citizen, his failing being an ungovernable temper when aroused.

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D.E. Bell, father of the young child shot and killed by John Daniel in Heard 
county on Sunday the 4th inst., has offered a reward of $100. for the arrest 
of Daniel who is still at large. Gov. Brown has also offered a reward of 
$200. for the capture of the fugitive.


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